Job 24:18-25

English Standard Version

¹⁸“You say, ^(A)‘Swift are they on the face of the waters;
    their portion is cursed in the land;
    no treader turns toward their vineyards.
¹⁹Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters;
    so does ^(B)Sheol those who have sinned.
²⁰The womb forgets them;
    the worm finds them sweet;
they are ^(C)no longer remembered,
    so wickedness is broken like ^(D)a tree.’

²¹“They wrong the barren, childless woman,
    and do no good to the widow.
²²Yet God^[a] prolongs the life of the mighty by his power;
    they rise up when they despair of life.
²³He gives them security, and they are supported,
    and his ^(E)eyes are upon their ways.
²⁴They are exalted ^(F)a little while, and then ^(G)are gone;
    they are brought low and gathered up like all others;
    they are ^(H)cut off like the heads of grain.
²⁵If it is ^(I)not so, who will prove me a liar
    and show that there is nothing in what I say?”

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Job 24:22 Hebrew he

Job 24:18-25

New International Version

¹⁸“Yet they are foam^(A) on the surface of the water;^(B)
    their portion of the land is cursed,^(C)
    so that no one goes to the vineyards.^(D)
¹⁹As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow,^(E)
    so the grave^(F) snatches away those who have sinned.
²⁰The womb forgets them,
    the worm^(G) feasts on them;^(H)
the wicked are no longer remembered^(I)
    but are broken like a tree.^(J)
²¹They prey on the barren and childless woman,
    and to the widow they show no kindness.^(K)
²²But God drags away the mighty by his power;^(L)
    though they become established,^(M) they have no assurance of life.^(N)
²³He may let them rest in a feeling of security,^(O)
    but his eyes^(P) are on their ways.^(Q)
²⁴For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone;^(R)
    they are brought low and gathered up like all others;^(S)
    they are cut off like heads of grain.^(T)